Apple Car Ping!
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Posted on 08/25/2015 2:10:54 PM PDT by Swordmaker
Summary
By now, the weight of the evidence that Apple is working on a car has become overwhelming, but an announcement out of the UK of a hydrogen fuel cell powered iPhone may shed the most light yet on Apple's automobile project. The technology used to build the fuel cell powered iPhone could be used to build a fuel cell powered car, but not just any hydrogen powered car. The fuel cells powering the iPhone could amount to the Holy Grail of EV technology . . .
The report of the fuel cell powered iPhone 6 contained important clues about the technology. The fuel cell was built by Intelligent Energy (IE), a British startup with reported close ties to Apple. The ultra compact hydrogen fuel cell they built fit into the space allotted for the battery of the current iPhone and could power the phone for a full week.
The report also indicated that the hydrogen was stored at low pressure in some form of powdered medium. The fuel cell could be refilled through an gas inlet port converted from the headphone jack.
Intelligent Energy's iPhone fuel cell demonstrates impressive energy density, able to store about 4 KWh/liter. If the technology scales approximately as the current device, which is likely, then a gallon sized container would hold about 15 KWh. Just 6 of these gallon containers would store as much energy as the Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Model S 85 KWh battery pack.
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I always have the same question:
Where does the hydrogen come from?
I know the answer...just like to remind everyone that you don’t just pump hydrogen out of the ground.
The peasants will have to walk or ride a donkey because only the wealthiest will be able to afford this vehicle and the price of electricity if hundreds of thousands of batteries will have to be charged by solar panels.
Unicorns fart pure hydrogen ...
"Oh, the humanity!"
From the hydrogen tree, silly.
On a related subject, of all the electric car charging stations I have seen in Arizona and California, I have never seen one actually being used. The one at the local library even had cobwebs.
Most likely, from natural gas, in order to be cost effective.
But guess what?
Obama's EPA is seeking to curb methane pollution, thereby natural gas production; by a large amount.
Isn't government grand?
By the time they hammer us down with regulations, the planet will begin a cooling cycle.
A new crisis to be managed.
“impressive energy density, able to store about 4 KWh/liter.”
...But KWhr/lb is the significant metric.
Well, good luck to all anyway.
I can see the warning labels on that sucka.....LOL
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Electric Lawnmower?
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My buddy’s daughter bought a Tesla, and was loving the free juice at her employer.
Then some other guy bought a Volt and now they arm wrestle over the plug in.
Oh, and Apple will record all your journeys, including the number of passengers, speed, time at destination, and so on.
“The report also indicated that the hydrogen was stored at low pressure in some form of powdered medium. The fuel cell could be refilled through an gas inlet port converted from the headphone jack.”
That’s flat out rad.
I doubt Apple is doing an entire car. Good for them if they are, but they’d make substantially more cash with less overhead supplying brains for cars vs. the entire car itself. Why limit yourself to your own brand when your product could be installed in countless makes and models of vehicles.
Understand that I am not talking about some clunky double din head unit that replaces your stereo. I am talking about something that is elegantly engineered into an auto manufacturer’s design. Honda might integrate it one while the UAW will find a way to require 18 people to install it @$47.50/hr + 12 weeks vacation in GM cars.
We could solve all of our (fake) problems if we could find a way to use CO2 as a fuel.
Har, har, har....
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